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LAS VEGAS — To whatever degree one believes in cars as smartphones on wheels, CES showed plenty of evidence that video games are gaining important traction in the vehicles of today — and casting visions of a gaming-rich automotive experience in coming years. Holoride began offering its in-cabin virtual reality gaming in the U.S. this

Auto retail technology giant Reynolds and Reynolds is the lead investor in Sheeva.AI’s $9.25 million series A funding round announced Thursday. Sheeva.AI is building an in-car payments software system that works off a vehicle’s location. The Tysons Corner, Va., company says its geolocation technology will allow drivers to seamlessly pay for fueling, electric vehicle charging,

Elon Musk oversaw the creation of a 2016 video that exaggerated the abilities of Tesla Inc.’s driver-assistance system Autopilot, even dictating the opening text that claimed the company’s car drove itself, according to internal emails viewed by Bloomberg. Musk wrote to Tesla’s Autopilot team after 2 a.m. California time in October 2016 to emphasize the

The investment division of Volvo Group has made an undisclosed investment in Canadian autonomous driving technology company Waabi Innovation. The investment by the company that manufactures Volvo and Mack heavy-duty trucks represents its view that the commercialization of autonomous driving will come in freight movement before passenger cars. “Volvo Group can add considerable strategic value

Electric truck and charging station company Forum Mobility is teaming up with CBRE Investment Management on a $400 million joint venture. The partnership between Forum and CBRE’s investment arm to electrify the infrastructure of California’s coastal port communities and small independent truck operators is the latest deal involving a major real estate player and an

A group of white hat hackers cracked customer and back-end operations of a variety of automakers, including BMW, Ferrari, Ford, Jaguar-Land Rover, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche and Rolls-Royce. The findings are a followup to the group’s discovery late last year of flaws in SiriusXM’s telematics service that created breaches in Honda, Hyundai, Nissan and Toyota models. The

Marianne Simmons, a self-professed “Tesla fan girl,” bought her second EV from the company in September: a white, high-performance Model Y ringing in at more than $77,000. Then the company slashed prices on Thursday and she realized she could have bought the same car today at $13,000 less. “I feel like I got duped. I

LAS VEGAS — Your commute starts with a greeting from your vehicle, which uses biometrics to identify you. The car’s artificial intelligence-powered personal assistant helps map out the day because it has been synced with your schedule. From there, the autonomous driving technology allows you to conduct a videoconference and then recommends lunch spots with

The U.S. Department of Energy awarded $42 million in funding for 12 R&D projects aiming to develop advanced electric vehicle batteries. The funding will strengthen the domestic supply chain for EV batteries, the DOE said in a statement Wednesday. The projects selected are part of the DOE’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy Electric Vehicles for American

The number of electric vehicle charging stations in the U.S. must quadruple through 2025 to meet EV sales demand, according to S&P Global Mobility. Many EV owners power their vehicles through at-home chargers, but a robust public charging network will be necessary as automakers transition to selling mostly EVs in the U.S. EVs make up

LAS VEGAS — The Ram Revolution pickup truck. The Sony-Honda Afeela. The BMW i Vision Dee concept. The vehicle unveilings made CES feel like a throwback to the halcyon days of auto shows. But the electric vehicles represented a small slice of the transportation technology showcased in and around the Las Vegas Convention Center last

LAS VEGAS — Automotive technology company Harman sees new cabin features such as monitoring a driver’s vital signs or upgrading audio experiences as an essential marketing strategy automakers can use to attract buyers. The tech, part of Harman’s growing automotive product portfolio, aims to enable car brands to create in-vehicle experiences that meet the unique

WASHINGTON – U.S. auto safety regulators said Tuesday in a landmark report that motor vehicle crashes, which are rising fast, cost American society $340 billion in 2019. In a comprehensive economic impact study, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration examined the costs of a single year of crashes that killed around 36,500 people, injured 4.5

WASHINGTON — Despite news last year of Cruise’s robotaxis being investigated by NHTSA and the shuttering of Argo AI, the AV tech startup backed by Ford and Volkswagen, Jeff Farrah remains optimistic about the industry’s future. “Every industry has its growing pains as it grows up, and our industry isn’t immune from that and isn’t

At gargantuan CES, a tiny transforming bike stood out. The more playful than practical design comes from Tokyo-based Icoma, which showed its electric Tatamel bike at the Las Vegas expo. A suitcase-size box transforms into a mini-bike that rides on 10-inch wheels. Though its dimensions are compact — box mode is 27 inches tall, 27

LAS VEGAS — As sensor technology underpins the auto industry’s push to produce more self-driving vehicles in the coming years, innovation will become a key differentiator among the many players. While the industry faces hurdles, including global economic headwinds, rising borrowing rates, mergers, bankruptcies and shutdowns, it remains one of the main features at the

LAS VEGAS — Mercedes-Benz said at CES 2023 it has received approval for Level 3 automated assisted driving in Nevada, making it the first automaker to attain regulatory approval for this technology in the U.S. The automaker’s Drive Pilot system allows the car to take control of driving functions under certain conditions, freeing the driver

U.S. chip designer Qualcomm Inc. and cloud-based software firm Salesforce Inc. plan to develop a new connected vehicle platform for automakers, the companies said at CES on Thursday. The platform for cars with internet access would use Qualcomm’s Snapdragon digital chassis and Salesforce’s cloud services to help automakers personalize user experiences using real-time data, according